Quantum computing is no longer a thing of science fiction and just this week Microsoft has introduced the Majorana 1, the world’s newest iteration of quantum computing chip. The new chip boasts the first ever topoconductor, which is a new material capable of enabling stable and scalable qubits.
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00:00Quantum computing is no longer a thing of science fiction, and just this week Microsoft
00:08has introduced the Majorana 1, the world's newest generation of quantum computing chip.
00:13The new chip boasts the first ever topoconductor, which is a new material capable of enabling
00:17stable and scalable qubits. Much like semiconductors which enabled modern computing, topoconductors
00:23could scale quantum systems to a million qubits. The whole thing is also managed digitally.
00:28Rather than by previous analog iterations. So what does this mean for computing? Well
00:32to provide a comparison, a million qubit quantum computer could outperform all classical computers
00:37combined. For research and problem solving, this would mean that computations that would
00:41take traditional computers decades to solve would only take years with a single quantum
00:45system. Researchers say this could mean finally figuring out how to break down microplastics
00:50and solve the carbon pollution situation. Or building new enzyme based solutions for
00:54health and agriculture. Meaning coupled with AI, this new chip could usher in a new age
00:59of computing.